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Meat wholesaler fined for health & safety failings
A meat wholesaler has been sentenced after repeated failures to maintain safety devices on its food processing machinery. South Tyneside…
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Avara partners with Kickstart scheme
Avara Foods has created a new way for young people to join the business, through the government’s Kickstart employment scheme. …
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Cranswick sales rise 9.6% in first quarter
Sales at Cranswick rose 9.6% in the 13 weeks to 26 June, it said in a trading update covering its…
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2 Sisters invests £7.5m upgrading Sandycroft poultry site
A £7.5m investment in new technology and upgrades at 2 Sisters Food Group’s UK Poultry site in Sandycroft is creating…
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Confusion over who qualifies for food industry COVID app exemptions
Processing plants are unsure whether their workers will be exempt from self-isolating if they’re ‘pinged’ by the NHS app. The…
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Farming accounts for a quarter of all workplace injuries, new figures show during Farm Safety Week
Farming has the poorest safety record of any industry, new figures have revealed, with almost 20 times higher the rate…
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Red Tractor to make changes to chicken scheme
Red Tractor is to make changes to its chicken assurance scheme from 1 November, following a consultation with its membership. The…
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UK preparing to declare itself free of avian influenza
The UK is preparing to declare free of avian influenza (AI) by the end of July, if as expected all…
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National Food Strategy calls for historic reforms to food system
The National Food Strategy has published a 290 page report calling on the Government to commit to a historic package of reforms…
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Line up for virtual EPIC announced
This year’s EPIC, which will be held as a virtual event, has announced its line up of speakers. Professor Frédéric…